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## * * The Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom (UK) has infonned EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) that significant quantities of Halon 121l gas, determined to be outside the required specification, have been supplied to the aviation industry for use in fire extinguishing equipment. >:< 

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